| Abstrak/Abstract |
Understanding how urban design elements can influence walkability is a research priority to develop sustainable tourism city. Walking is the modest way for tourists to discover city; innovations of urban design based on tourists‟ priority needs may be able to promote the higher level of participation, and help them enjoying the walk. In this research, the term of urban design refers to physical features on PrawirotamandanTirtodipuran Streets that consist of four elements: pedestrian facilities; aesthetics; circulation; land use and access. Importantly, this research was performed based on the tourists‟ priority needs through perception.
This research was carried out through deductive-quantitative method with observation and questionnaire survey; one hundred and eleven tourists were participated. Descriptive statistic and principal component analysis were performed to assess urban design quality and identify its influence on walkability.
The research result identified that there are three main factors representing urban design elements that influence walkability for tourists: (1) safety and flexibility (2) convenience and attractiveness (3) accessibility and diversity.The quality assessment result shows that all land use and access elements, and some aesthetics elements are considered to have high quality, whereas all circulation elements and some pedestrian facility elements considered to have poor quality.Additionally, it was concluded that safety is the most essential factor and traffic plays important role on walkability. Depending on the outcome of this
and other follow-up research, the ultimate purpose would be to improve the walkability in tourism area. |
